Spike ,'Selfless'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zen, I think your bar for "bad person" is set too low. Maybe you should go outside and hurl insults at passing cars or something.
I went outside but I fed birds and cats and complimented the mailman. Dang it. Better order pizza.
My new vacuum will be delivered today! That's how you know you're a grown-up, you're excited for the arrival of your new cleaning appliance.
I LOVE my Mazda 3. I spend two hours in it every day, and it is comfortable, user-friendly, zippy, and adorable.
Burrell, promotion to full professor is exciting! You'll be awesome!
A couple of my friends have Mazda3s and love them. Good choice of car!
Zippy is what my Hyundai is not. For that reason I sometimes regret buying the Elantra instead of the Mazda.
Very exciting, Burrell!!
At Chicago Midway airport yesterday there was one woman with a bright pink bob and matching pink cowboy boots, and another with electric blue hair down to the small of her back.
That seems exciting, Burrell!
Surely if you own a Batarang you would have it on your person at all times to the point where you might forget it had to be checked.
See, that I get. My father lost several knives to forgetting he had them with him. It's the hidden-in-a-neck-pillow I don't get! Just check it with your chainsaw!!
The tiny, broken, not sharp sword inside a plastic bag inside a cardboard box.
Ridiculous.
Yay new car! Yay new Full Prof! Yay new vacuum!
I'm getting a new blender today about which I'm pretty happy. My old one is older than I am, and my kiefer smoothie obsession finally killed it. I suspect that a new gasket in the base might fix things, but it's probably 50--it has served above and beyond expectations.
It's the hidden-in-a-neck-pillow I don't get! Just check it with your chainsaw!!
Such good advice. I kinda think "Just check it with your chainsaw" would look good in cross-stitch on a pillow. Maybe a neck pillow!
"And it brings up a lot of conflicted feelings including imposter syndrome and "do I want this stress in my life?" "
It's an intense period of self-exposure, and most decent people dread it (there are some unreflective jerks who enjoy the attention), but at least it is the last time you will ever have to go through it on the job. Imposter syndrome is the mark of a careful thinker.
Thanks for the support. I am sure it will be exciting when and if it comes to pass. But... slow road, so about 2 years away, and A LOT of work to do between now and when I apply. But yes, mostly this is a good thing, or will be a good thing.